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The Ga tewa y 



Capyrichi 1905 by 
^tiitntttady Ki.tci 



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At the leafy portal oi 

Forest Park 
Where echo the songs of 

the woodland. 




In 

Shade 

and 

Sand 

on 

Ball^ton's 

Strand. 



^^^ ' 'C^ And now we coine to th'^ und scent 

Forest Park, Ballston Lake. Saratoga Di\ ision. Schenectady Railway Company 




Fiallstun Lake, the Beautiful Sheudiiiai.^, jr Deer Water, ot tt.c M < . 1 1 u w k 



Controlled bv the Schenectady Railway Company, and the trim launch. Comanche, seen In the distance. Illustrates one 
of the many conveniences and refined recreations provided (or visitors. 



le kii^tlc Pagoda w here sl\ Cu|>ld lurks. 



hroiigh the 
ollaged halls <>t 
orest Park 
he voice of the 
rees swell 
ieniK'. 




5^ >''t~' ^ 

The embowered vista of Forest Park. 

Recreations in the Forest Primeva 



With music and 
w ith flowers. 

Here in the forest 
bowers. 

Dance on the 

joyous hours. 



on the ^horeof Ballston Lake 




THE sluKlow oi this stately eini tails upon 
the site of- the log cabin which was the 
home of Michael McDonald, the first 
white settler of Saratoga County, and from 
which the intrepid pioneer beheld the pano- 
rama of the universe mirrored In the waters 
< )f Ballslon Lake. Here, too. rested Sir William 
Johnson when, as an Invalid, his faithful 
Mohawks patiently bore him over the trail, 
then untrod by white man. to the Springs ol 
the Great Spirit that he might be healed. Now 
the palatial interurban cars ol the Schenectady 
Railway Company, Impelled 
by the subtle power ol 
electricity over band.-s 
of throbbing steel, 

measuring In minutes the distance that then leqiin 
to cover and following practically 4he same route, beat 
thousands of the world's seekers of rest, health and iti na 
tlon. Near the site of his former home, within soin 
merry boating parties on the lake that he loved, antl w m .'^ ^ 
the hum of the electric cars can be heard. Is the grave ol 
McDonald, the host of Johnson, and later Washington's guide 
to the healing springs to the north. Ihls historic ground Is 
only a short distance from the entrance to Forest Park and a 
dell.'jliifiil ifi" li^ «.iii-i fioni the picturesque boat landing. 




.iTVRES MONUMENT TO HlHtOklL GKOL.\ii 



riie Mohawk's softly wlndlnjj stream 




How airy and bright. 

By day or by nl^ht, 

With naught our pleasures 

to mar. 
Is the cheering ride 
Through a country-side 
In a humming trolley car ! 




The Castle at Ballston Lake, around 
which nature spreads enchanting 
scenes. 






Two mile tangent. 




rHE territory traversed by the Saratoga Division of the Schenectady Railway Company abounds In beautiful and picturesque scenery 
as well as being replete with historical interest and the achievements wrought by the skill and enterprise of man. The vicinity 
of The Castle on Ballston Lake Inspired William Bliss Baker, the American Coix>t, to paint his masterpiece. Fallen Monarchs, and 
lere in the silence of the forest he conceived his second greatest work. Solitude. The rugged undulations of the country are modified 
/ lev^ stretches through the fertile valleys, as the two mile tangent on the double track railway Illustrates, and such grand perspective 
lews are not uncommon on any of the divisions .of the Schenectady Railway Company. This division also crosses the Mohawk over 
le world's longest bridge devoted exclusively to electric car service, and at one of the most picturesque spots in. the winding course 

■ the historic river. A trip over the Saratoga Division opens nature's book to some of the fairest pages, all embellished with scenes 

■ lomonce nntl heroism and adorned with the deft band of intelligent industry. 



hi the archways o< the aqueduct which carries the Erie Canal 
across the Mohawk rainbows play In the dripping water. 





WESTWARD hoi a the great trolley bridge 
and among the trees whose shadows are 
mirrored in the stream stands the old stone 
house of early days, and In the distance 
dreamily lies McQueen's Island. Beyond this 
quiet scene surges the activity of the Electric 
City. 




Amid these Scenes You Cross the Mohawk on the World's Longest Electric Railway Bridg' 




' 'fll lit.' 
Wllhoiil 
The 
I adles? 



Away from the care and stress of the day. 
In the fields so fair where the «)olf links lay. 





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THE cars on the Troy Division of the Schenectady 
Railway Company pass the entrance to this 
magnificent property of the Mofiawk Golf Club, of 
Schenectady, which was organized In 1890 and has 
a membership of 800. 



Home of the Mohawk Golt Chib, Troy Di\ ision, Schenectady Railway Company 



V.v;>i/i,S .V/WAS/O.V, SCOTI.^ 



ST. GEOKGES CHURCH ASD CEMETER) 




Landmarks in the Interesting History ot ttie City ol 5chenectad\ 



"And let us visit historic places 
Mellowed by shadows of days r.f <.|ri " 



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Representative Schenectady Homes. 



Lennov R'lad. 
Eleci ~ 
the ' 



A remarkable feature in the wonderful growth of 
- ■ ectad\ during the past few years is the 
. beauty and var\lng architecture of 
■ ii - .- .... au;> so in the Realty Plot, developed by 
; Company on Upper College Hill in the eastern section of 

, :ne representative residences are those of Charles P.Sleinmetz, 

;n<- world s lamous electrician, on Wendell Avenue; G. E. Emmons, General 

Manat^er of the General Electric Works in Schenectady, also on Wendell Avenue: 

and E. W. Rice, Jr.. Third Vice-President of the General Electric Companv-. on 

The old residential section of the city is represented In the home of Hinsdill Parsons. Fourth Vice-President of the General 

anv- and former President of the Schenectady Railway Companv', which from its location on Front Street commands a view of 

ound of the massacre of 1690. 



TOtTAKD TBE GJTEU'Ar 







State Street, Schenectady, From Main Offices Schenectady Raiiv ay Compan 



5!' 1 the Durham boats. 5.: 

,ent citizens helping tc 
which lolnetl her with Aibanv- Jt, therefore, seems most fitting that ! 
years Is . .a in . i il e General Electric Company and the American L 
speed; .merce, travel and manufacture. State Street, her main thoroi 

Rallwa\ ^.Jiiii^yi. •• assuming a metropolitan appearap. '^ -"'^ ■" '^a"> i.-.r,,.. 



been an 
the Hri, 



oi the ^v 



1 ven then 
we were 
progressing; 




ElectrlclU - I .ii< st Triumph. 



And All This' Progress in Our Own Generation! What Next.' 




The Alternating Current Propelled this Car on its hxhibition Irip, August 19, 1904 

THE practical application of the alternating current to electrical railway service, as demonstrated on the Saratoga Division ot the Schenec- 
tady Railway Company, opened the way to marked reduction In the cost of equipment and a saving in the transmission ot the electric 
current The guests of the company on that memorable Irip were: 1 A. H. Armstrong; 2-W. B. Potter: 3-Theodore Merchlrig: 4-Harry 
Farquahar: 5-r. H. Fayant; 6-S F. Cole: 7- Gen. Griffin; 8-C. H. Falrchild; 9-M. P. Rice; 10-A. £• Aver ill; 1-C t. Eleveth; 12-E J. f^rg; 
13-Harry Escourt; 14- Angus Sinclair; 15-H. D. Voght; 16-M. L. Godkln. 17-W. J- Harvie; 18-H. W Blake: 19-J. K LeBaron; 20-F. E. 
Schmidt; 21 -P.P. Spaulding; 22-G. B. Uughlin; 23- Ike White; 24- John Hill: 25-W. Handbrowne; 26-A. G. Davis; 2/ -M. Milch 28- E. 
H. Anderson; 29-C. P. Steinmetz; 30-E. H. Mullfn; 31-W. I. Sllchter: 32-Ray Stearns; 33-A. S. McAl ister; 34-E A Ba^wln; 35-J. G. 
Baukat: 36-C. Ducas; 37-E. D. Priest; 38-C. L.oomis Allen; 39 W. G. Bushnell; 40-E. 5. Fassell; 41 -E. F Peck: 42-G. DeB. Grenee; 
43-G H Hill- 44— J. S. Pevear; 45-C. E. Barrv; 46-J. G. Barry; 47-J. N. Shannahan; 48-0. P. Liscomb; 49-F. G. Sykes: 3()-A. V W r,..ht 
51 -Frederic Smith; 52-B. J. Beebe; 53-A. P. Jenks; 54— G. E. Emmons; 55-Hinsdlll Parsons; 56-C. C. Lewis; 57- W. B. Efner. 




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VS THE Mount Pleasant electric cars in the city of Schei. a steel viaduct, spanning a picturesque chasm, they 

»■ approach the historic ground which was the western terminus ol tlie world's first practical steam railroad and where the o!'1 
ick house, then used as a railroad station, still stands unchanged. Here our ancestors welcomed the first railway train 

1831. Perhaps then some of them looked westward to The Gateway of the Mohawk and through prophetic eyes 
w streams of commerce and humanity's ceaseless currents surging through Nature's only level opening in the 
jpalachian mountain system between Florida and the St. Lawrence river. No wonder that here the genius 
the world was concentrated in solving the problems of transportation development and that the 

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^MITII M.I.\SIOX HIGH STRUFT 



Pleasing Types of Architecture In Beautiful B a list on Spa 



A I the head ol ihe lower valley o( the Kayaderosseiab ki\ ei Is Ballston Spa, another beautllul. romanlic and historic place on the Saratoga 
Division of the Schenectady Railway Company. This "valley of the crooked stream" was also the "happy valley" of the Mohawk 
hunting bands and through which ran Ihe trail fiom Ihe Mohawk valley to Lake Champlaln and the St. Lawrence. It Is the classical land of 
Indian siory made immortal by Cooper, Irving, Peler Calm and La Rochefoucauld, who at different times were guests at either the old Ballston 
Inn, now the NX aterbury residence, or the Sans Souci hotel, which the changes of the years has served also as a law schcxjl and a ladles' 
seminary. Although now eclip.sed by Saratoga Ihe mineral springs of Ballston Spa were far more famous a century ago, and as early as 
1787 Ihe father of Stephen A. Douglas, Ihe "llltle giant," built a commodious log tavern near Ihe Public Spring for the accommodation of 
summer visitors. The village Is tiosv one "f il\f- im.-t h,^,iili|liil .<iul rliiix. iiv-> In the connt\ . 




.roadway, Saratoga, a Summer Boulevard ot American Wealth, Beaut>- and Fashion 




L 




k.iKI. tkf.M.ITORY. 



kOY With its population of 75.000, busied In varied Industries, 
is the eastern terminus of the Troy Division of the 
Schenectady Railway Company and one of the great centers 
where products of mental and physical activity converge 
upon The Gateway of the Mohawk and spread therefrom 
lliroughoiit the great territory to the west. The seat of the 
ollar, cuff and shirt Industry, the birthplace of steel, the home of world 
ciinous institutions of learning, and great plants turning out finished products 
of steel and Iron, it Is of necessity an important railway center and has the 
natural iidvantage of being at the liead of steamboat navigation on the Hudson. On the opposite or west bank of the 
river is Walervliel, the Arsenal City, just above which lies Green Island, and through portions of each pass the Schenectady cnr 
From the hillsides of Troy, above the Union Station, 
the \ lew lo the westward brings Cohoes, the Spin- 
dle City, into plain relief, and from the vicinity ol 
beautiful Oakwood Cemetery, whose granite shafts 
and fr.arl Crematory rise liefore the Troy bound 
passengers on the Schenectady cars as they near 
WatervTiet. may be seen the Mohawk rolling over 
the Cohoes precipice Into the 
salley of the Hudson. Water- 
lord, rich In the historic past 
and prosperous In the develop- 
ing present, appears to the 
northward, between Cohoes and 
f.w^^/ ;/ ii i.imt sditini.. the upper section of Troy, or wh<il 





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was Lansingburgh. All ot these places, some on the Hud- 
son and others on the ;Moha\vk and its deltas, are 
united by spans of steel, masonry and wood, forming a 
picturesque Venice of activity. 

The proposed Gohoes Division of the Schenectady 
Railway Company is laid through the most magnificent 
scenery of the Mohawk Valley and the cars will cross the 
river at Dunsbach Ferry, a delightful recreation spot and 
already the Summer home of a large colony of campers. 
From the time that Henry Hudson, the daring navigator 
and the discoverer of the great river which bears his 
name, was stopped in his course to the Pacific by the 
rapids near Waterford and Ihe Cohoes precipice, the 
locality has been a noted center of trade and commerce, 
for it was here ihat the representatives of the 
West India Company came to barter with the Indians 
for beaver and otter skins even before New 
Amsterdam and Fori Orange were founded. Indian 
tradition is to the effect that the French ascended 
the great river to this point to carry on the fur 
trade some years before Hudson's voyage. With 
the advance of civilization the barriers to Hudson's 
ambition were utilized to furnish waterpower for 
various forms of manufacturing, and the products 
of machinery soon took the place of those of the 
hunter and the trapper in the traffic of the river. 
In the carrying trade of the present day the Schenec- 
tady Railway Company Is an Important factor, 
having a perfect system of electric express trans- 
portation o\er all its branches. 




On the 
Banks d! 

iIr- 
Mohow U 





I.BANY. the 
I apllal of the 
I iiipire Slate, 
the landing 
place of Ful- 
ton's Cler- 
mont, the 

birthplace ol the Lirle Canal, the eastern terminus of the first 
successful steam railroad, and now a great railway center, 
might be termed for its location the southern [)olnt of the 
triangle whose apex is The Gateway of the Mohawk, 20 miles 
to the west, and a pleasant ride of 45 minutes over the 
Alteny Division of Schenectady Railway Company, one of the 
stralghtest electric roadbeds in the country and flanked the 
entire ^M'-i-mr ^ h\ r-»r*^ltv h.nTilfts (crlllf^ (lelrls viiifl ln\ ilint^ 
groves 

The Caiiiiol is oi\e of the most magnlllceni structures In the 
world, and the Schenectady cars pass the entrance. The city 
Is also noted for Its beautiful parks, and visitors seldom miss 
the opportunity to spend a few hours In the attractive grounds 
which bear the name of Washington. Many places of liistorl- 
cal Interest are found In the city, as Albany, then f^ort Orange, 
was the second settlement In what Is now New York Slate. 

nn<1 il'" "I'^l Srl-.M^ Iff M,ii,^K,n \< liern i,,ill..TKl tho n.it.ihli'V .r-^l 




irrRo.ii:iii\<: Jiih i:^i-iTi>i.. uTMrh \TKHhr, .ii n.i\ r 



X'ay 
Mbai 





As the car fioes I >\ . 



revolulionary clays, is an Illustration. The com- 
manding business structures on State Street and the 
scenes in the vicinity of the Capitol are always of 

At ine 1I1U.M s<.'eiii)n oi .->uite Jireei ana broadway, 
the Albany terminus of the Schenectady Railway 
Compan\ iiiod the old Dutch Church, built 

in 1656. iiunding it was the cemetery of 

early days. As the car passes up State Street on 
its journey toward The Gateway of the Mohawk it 
stops for a moment at Pearl Street, affording the 

passengers a view of another business thoroughfare, and the County IjaiiK 
building at the left occupies the site of the birthplace of Philip Schuyler- 
At the right is the site of the first brick building erected in North America 
and just opposite may be seen the Tweddle building, which marks the 
birthplace of Phili[) Livingstone, one of the signers of the Declaration ■ <\ 
Independence; also where Webster's famous almanac 
and spelling book were printed and where the first 
Albany newspaper was published. Almost opposite 
the Ten Eyck Hotel and in the middle of the street 
stood the first English church of the settlement. 
A short distance above and on the right hand side 
of the street was the first railroad depot. Historic 
as well as beautiful is this popular thoroughfare of 
the Capital Ciu 



Seen from the car. 





THESE r,£/»ss/c n.^l 1^ or i a/o.v ioiieue ii^i e hues to tiii ii oki.d nisriMiVisiiEU /ii.i mm 



jCEW educational Institutions of the country rank 
with Union College, of Schenectady, In aj»e, 
historic interest and distinguished alumni, among 
whom are William H. Seward, Lincoln's great Secre- 
tary of State, and President Chester A. Arthur. 
It was founded in 1 795 and passed through man\ 
vicissitudes until the genius of the late Dr. Eliphalet 
Nott. through more than half a century of ceaseless 
application, established It among the renowned and 
permanent seats of learning. The work of this 
great educator is now energetically continued b\ 
President Andrew V. V. Raymond, D. D., LL. D.. wh<. 
in much the same spirit that characterized the 
effort of the Illustrious Nott has revived the glory 
of Old Union and is bringing II to Ihe same high 
standard among the colleges of to-day that It held 
In the years of Its greatest distinction. 




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r 'iCJlESTX.TAUr . A , ( 

HOULD a person, residing In the territory traversed by the various divisions of the .Schenectady Railway system, travel In any civilized 

country on the glotse it is probable that during some period of the journey a locomotive constructed in the Schenectady plani 

the American Locomotive Company would furnish the motive power for the means of conveyance. Although the plant now forms 

ar^e pfirtion of the 550,000.000 r-^!'! ' ^^r- present owning corporation, the name of Ellis will be associated with the enterprise for 

many future generations In honor of the family tha^ 
,accomplished its successful development Thp 
at Industry has a ground are. 
of 4.5 acres, the equipmen; 
of the shops is une.xcelle' 
ind 5,000 people are en 
nloyed in the varioi; 
lepartments. 





rut: (.t.v/K.-/;. iiiciku. i i<.i/c.-/a > > /.\ /;( .s7'i<;.-/y. i.t/i .n tii.Hts n.r.iu) . 



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ITH 150 Iniildings, covering 60 acres of land and shellerinj; 10,000 employees, the Schenectady plant <j1 Die Gent-ral hieclric 
Company is one of the great Industries of the world. Here the most skillful scientists, engineers, architects and mechanics are 



daily discovering, planning and perfecting the 
mechanical devices which are bringing the forces 
of electricity more fully under the control of man. The 
institution is n city In Itself, with a weekly pay roll of 
$150,000. Here the electric 
locomotive was planned and 
the lighter parts made, while 
the heavy pieces were pro- 
duced In the Schenectady 
plant of the American Loco- 
motive Company. The steam 
turbine Is also an Important 
prcKluct of the General 
Electric Company and has 
already proved an Important 
factor in augmenting the 
.s/Aw.w ,<:kh,sm. efficiency of steam power. 





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lAWKWOOD, a picturesque and historic estate on the west shore of 
' Ballston Lake, was part of the great Kayaderosseras Patent, granted by 
een Afine, in 1708, to ancestors of Hon. Henry Walton, wlio built the 
;sent mansion in 1790. The site of McDonald's cabin, referred to in a 
svlous page, is on this property. The Sans Soucl hotel at Ballston Spa 
s almost contemporary with Hawkwood, and in the early years of the 
leteenth century many notables of the • young Republic were entertained 
leath their hospitable rooTs. 



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mnn ».^«tj p?:0tirl, 




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TIk iiiidcrsiunerl hsivlng i>iir<liaisi>tl itlt the inloresl of \i- ■ 

cholas Low, in the Village of Uallsjjfa Sjto, npw jiivcn.iiolicc to ibc public, Ihal ^ 
iw has taken possession of ihc jbovflclegant Eslabliilimeut, und hns ihoroughly ■ 
repaired the sume, and supplied il wiih new furnitore. Ho lias engaged kind, 
allcntive and trusty servants, and Ladies and Gciillriiicn may tic nssur*'d that ihe 
house will be kepi io as good style tnd order as uny establishment of the kind ^ 
ill ihc Union. He (lalters himself that with renewed c.\ertit>ns, added lo Ihe 
formiT reputation of the house, xl^Uaiaat ami heailh^ hcalhn, the numcraui > 
Mmtriii Ifatin in ih viiinity. and >.hc txcrtions which will be made for the 
comfort, convenience and pleasure of llif visitors, that he shall receive that pu- ^ 
li-ounge which hu, been so liberally bestowed on the cstablishnienl for the last 
fifteen ^ean. by visitants from all parts of Ihc norld. For the Convenience of 



valriudinariam. there will be conslatlly kept n the hou^e Jha dt^i 
Mineial Waters produced in the nei^borhood, innpurest^, Hia 
will be choice and select, the most of ihcm having been in the 
years. Several Lines of Daily Stiges atop at the above csUl 
Coaches for parties, or slagle hors^ can at all limes he had oi 
s the undersigned intends to onEc this place his pcrmanciit t 

' ■■ (iinm br <ip<?ti [a~ 

t, he irutu llial aSliAl cqauuuiiaL ' 



ircot tinda of 
LIQUORS 




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